Medical Instrument Manufacturing Specializes in
EDM, CNC Milling/Turning, Laser Marking and 7-Axis Swiss Turning Services

Medical Instrument Manufacturing can meet all your EDM machining requirements from the simple to the
very complex … and we can provide you with both prototype and high volume production quantities.
Since our very beginning, we became recognized as the company that could perform the nearly
impossible. Difficult jobs have become our forte.

Electrical discharge machining (EDM), sometimes colloquially also referred to as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, is a manufacturing process whereby a desired shape is obtained using electrical discharges (sparks).
Minneapolis Medical Instrument Manufacturing

In face milling, the cutting action occurs primarily at the end corners of the milling cutter. Face milling is used to cut flat surfaces (faces) into the work piece, or to cut flat-bottomed cavities.
In peripheral milling, the cutting action occurs primarily along the circumference of the cutter, so that the cross section of the milled surface ends up receiving the shape of the cutter. In this case the blades of the cutter can be seen as scooping out material from the work piece. Peripheral milling is well suited to the cutting of deep slots, threads, and gear teeth.